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BETT '09: 2Simple do it again with 2DIY It's that time of year again when we get a chance to see the range of wonderful (and not so wonderful) educational resources on show at BETT. This years's event is as huge as ever but with the noteable exceptions of the BBC and Apple it appears. Drat, I always like to use their electric guitars with Garageband!

The MirandaNet Fellowship, founded in 1992, is an e-community of practice for international ICT policy makers, teachers, teacher educators, researchers and commercial developers who are passionate about digital technology in teaching and learning and about using technologies to promote cultural understanding and democratic participation. Currently there are over 850 members in 43 countries worldwide. The website, online forums, seminars, workshops and projects run by members are funded by international partner companies and government agencies. Currently projects are running with 2Simple, Fronter, Inspiration, LogicaCMG, Oracle and Steljes. MirandaNet gratefully acknowledges the support of its company partners.

install open source applications (open office, firefox and more) onto USB memory stick and run them from any computer. Keep your settings etc. no matter what machine you use.

free software. there is usually a free open source version of any software you use

Irish centre for ICT practice and advice Info on all sorts here. Soc networking. video. audio. netsafety. special needs.

The National Centre for Technology in Education is an Irish Government agency established to provide advice, support and information on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in education.

collate suggestions, ideas, successes and thoughts regarding the varied uses and ways a weblog can enhance teaching and learning in a classroom.

Edmodo is a private micro-blogging platform built for use by teachers and students. Traditional web 2.0 tools in a k-12 classroom environment create concerns over privacy. Edmodo has been built with the privacy of students in mind.

twitter in school

Ever dream of running hundreds of thousands of blogs with a single install of WordPress? WordPress MU, or multi-user, is designed to do exactly that. It is most famously used for WordPress.com where it serves tens of millions of hits on hundreds of thousands of blogs each day.

FeedWordPress is an Atom/RSS aggregator for the WordPress weblog software. It syndicates content from feeds that you choose into your WordPress webblog; if you syndicate several feeds then you can use WordPress's posts database and templating engine as the back-end of an aggregation ("planet") website.

This blog is one of those for people building or using a RepRap self-replicating rapid-prototyping machine to log their comments, experiences, and suggestions

Ning network discussing co-working spaces, hack labs, arts spaces, social centres, community cafes and similar uses of space

Showcase of organisational learning and the technology used to support learning at work.

Title says it all

Reflections on using Twiddla as a tool for teaching from home on a 'Snow Day'

MEL SIG invites practitioners from HE and FE in the UK to share their experience and expertise in the uses and benefits of podcasting (both audio and video) to support learning and teaching

Mouse Mischief integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, letting you insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into your lessons. Students can actively participate in these lessons by using their own mice to click, circle, cross out, or draw answers on the screen.

The Business Plan for 2010/11 sets out Becta's work for the financial year. The broad context for this plan is the use of technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the education, skills and children's services systems, supporting the country's future competitiveness and prosperity.

Choosing to use technology: How learners construct their learning lives in their own contexts - Key findings from the first year of research